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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Golden-Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium californicum)

Karen November 17, 2025 0 Comments

This tender semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial is native to moist soils around ponds, bogs, marshes, and other moist sites along the Pacific coast from central California to southern British Columbia. It…

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Plant Profile: Spanish Broom (Genista hispanica)

Karen July 29, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as Spanish gorse, or anlaga, this deciduous shrub is native to southern France and northern Spain where it grows in scrub on open rocky hills. It is a…

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Plant Profile: Dyer’s Broom (Genista tinctoria)

Karen July 22, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as dyer’s greenwood, dyer’s whin, waxen woad, and waxen wood, this deciduous shrub is native to meadows and pastures in southern Europe and Turkey. It is a member…

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Plant Profile: Lydian Woodwaxen (Genista lydia)

Karen July 8, 2024 0 Comments

Native to the Balkans, Turkey and Syria, this low growing shrub is evergreen in areas with warm winters and deciduous in areas with cold winters. It is a member of…

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Plant Profile: Lilac Daphne (Daphne genkwa)

Karen July 1, 2024 0 Comments

This deciduous shrub is native to East Asia, China and Korea where it grows in the margins of paddy fields, hillsides and valleys. It is a member of the Thymelaeaceae…

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Plant Profile: Daphne x burkwoodii

Karen June 19, 2024 0 Comments

This semi evergreen to deciduous shrub is the result of a cross between D. caucasica and D. cneorum and is a member of the Thymelaeaceae, a plant family of just…

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Plant Profile: Winter Daphne (Daphne odora)

Karen June 12, 2024 0 Comments

Native to southern China, Vietnam and Taiwan, this broadleaf evergreen shrub is a member of the Thymelaeaceae, a plant family of just under 900 species, most of which are unfamiliar…

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Plant Profile: Delavayi Summersweet (Clethra delavayi)

Karen May 27, 2024 0 Comments

This deciduous shrub or small tree is native to western China and is a member of the small plant family Cletheracae that is distantly related to azaleas. The plant grows…

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Plant Profile:  Cootamundra wattle (Acacia baileyana)

Karen April 29, 2024 0 Comments

Native to scrub and chaparral of New South Wales, Australia, this evergreen shrub or small tree, is a member of the legume family, Fabaceae, that also includes pea, lupines and…

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Plant Profile: Fragrant Abelia (Abelia mosanensis aka  Zabelia tyaihyonii)

Karen April 22, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as Korean abelia in honor of its place of origin, this deciduous shrub is a member of the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae, that also includes weigela, pincushion flower and…

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